Visiting Sao Paulo on a Brazilian holiday is a must
Sao Paulo has to be one of the most underrated and unloved great cities of the world. While just about everyone knows the famous...
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Riowakening
Brazil through an Australian's eyes
Is Brazil safe to travel? Why tourists shouldn't worry
A newspaper front page with a little girl covered in her dead mother’s blood declared “Terrorism in Rio is everyday”. In the grisly...
Brazilian crime is prime time television
Brazil has turned its big time crime problem into prime time television. Taking the lead expertly from the USA, cameras chase Brazil’s...
Social media was made for Brazilians
Social media was certainly made for Brazilians, and by some as well. There is no shame in a selfie in this country and privacy settings...
You're safer in Rio's favelas than near its beaches
Walking through a Rio de Janeiro favela I was told by my resident guide that the order from the most senior gangsters is to not lay a...
Brazilian is the world's best accent no one knows
You can practically feel the sun and samba beats bursting out of Brazilians mouths. Yet when the coolest and sexiest accents in the...
Why I left Australia for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
The question wasn't why would I come to Rio it was why wouldn't I? Here I was, a stereotypical monolingual English-speaking dude. I had...
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